# Illinois Brick Company's yard 22

Blue Island, IL · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-73ff358b52` · release 2026-10-22

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/il/blue-island-illinois-brick-company-s-yard-22/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-73ff358b52.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-73ff358b52.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-73ff358b52

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, regreen | none |
| New use | park | none |
| What is there now | the Meadows Golf Club | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 16 miles (26 km) south of Chicago's Loop. Blue Island is adjacent to the city of Chicago and shares its northern boundary with that city's Morgan Park neighborhood. The population was 22,558 at the 2020 United States census.
Blue Island was established in the 1830s as a way station for settlers traveling on the Vincennes Trace, and the settlement prospered because it was conveniently situated a day's journey outside of Chicago. In 1884, Alfred T. Andreas observed, "The location of Blue Island Village is a beautiful one.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Island,_Illinois

## Sources

- Blue Island, Illinois — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Island,_Illinois

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Illinois Brick Company's yard 22, Blue Island, IL." Record n-73ff358b52, release 2026-10-22, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/il/blue-island-illinois-brick-company-s-yard-22/ (accessed 2026-10-22).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_blueislandillinoisbrickcompanysyard22,
  title = {Illinois Brick Company's yard 22, Blue Island, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/il/blue-island-illinois-brick-company-s-yard-22/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-73ff358b52, release 2026-10-22, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-22}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.